At least a first-level university degree (i.e., Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent degree of at least three years) in one of the following fields of study:

1. Fields of study: Sociology, Economics, Demography, Peace & Conflict Studies, Political Science, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Geography, Development Studies, Family Studies, Anthropology, International Relations, International Economics, International Studies. (These fields of study can be found under the main course of study “Social & Behavioural Science”).

2. Fields of study: General Law, International Law (These fields of study can be found under the main course of study “Law”).

Statistics

At least a first-level university degree (i.e., Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent degree of at least three years) in one of the following fields of study:

1. Fields of study: Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Logic, Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Operations Research, Statistics (These fields of studies can be found under the main course of study “Mathematics and Statistics”.)

2. Fields of study: Demography, Econometrics, Economics, International Economics, Sociology (These fields of studies can be found under the main course of study “Social and Behavioural Science”.)

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